"Long-Distance Love" ((#))

A heart as full as vessels hold,

    I hold you as I can -

though miles conspire to separate

    I write to you again.

The gift of words will last a life,

    be they harsh or kind -

for once the eyes do take them in

    they're branded on the mind.

And sweet are those I get from you,

    a faith in me, I sense -

It's truly earned in all I feel,

    to ease you when you're tense.

Though try I do, to find a way

    I stumble at each start

in dealing with my other side

    who keeps herself apart.

Oh, don't let's speak of that my dear,

    I've all this love to spill -

and we shall triumph in our time,

    until these clocks do still. 

csr